Substation · England, United Kingdom

Irlam

Irlam is a substation in England, United Kingdom.

We hold more on this asset.Demand headroom, generation headroom, grid operator, location, level, fed from and voltage: available on request.

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Facts

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Fact	Value	Source
Name in the source	IRLAM	SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Location	Available on request	SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Grid operator	Available on request	SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Demand headroom	Available on request	SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Generation headroom	Available on request	SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Level	Available on request	SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Fed from	Available on request	SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Voltage	Available on request	SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026
Coordinates	53.4371, -2.4249	SP Electricity North West open data portal · CC BY 4.0 · checked 24 Oct 2026

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Nearby

Within 50 km of this substation: 406 power plants (120 operating, 1,318 MW), 356 grid connections (195 operating, 1,811 MW), 21 data centers and 3 gas storage facilities, measured from the coordinates in the facts above. The table shows the nearest 9, up to 3 per kind.

Name	Kind	Size	Status	Distance
Martens Road Stor grid connection	Grid connection	18 MW	Operating	1.1 km
Manchester Road Stor grid connection	Grid connection	20 MW	Operating	1.1 km
Carrington - Cryogenic Energy Storage	Power plant	49.9 MW	Permitted	1.2 km
Manchester Road - Green Hydrogen Production Facility & Battery Storage	Power plant	10 MW	Permitted	1.2 km
Manchester Road - Green Hydrogen Production Facility & Battery Storage	Power plant	200 MW	Planned	1.2 km
Irlam Hydropower Station, Manchester grid connection	Grid connection	1 MW	Operating	1.3 km
Data center, England (OSM way 1535147042)	Data center	—	—	3.9 km
Joule House	Data center	—	—	9.4 km
Evolution @ Agecroft Commerce Park	Data center	—	—	11 km

Place

Grid connections attached to this substation

Rixton Old Hall grid connection1.03 MW

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Data on this page

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. DESNZ Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), Open Government Licence v3.0.
SP Electricity North West, via Northern Powergrid Open Data. SP Electricity North West open data portal, CC BY 4.0.